Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year, about 20,000 people pilgrimage to Varanasi, India's holiest city, to die. Some Hindus believe they can break out of ...

One of the tracks in Neeraj Ghaywan’s Varanasi-set movie Masaan is about Deepak, who hails from the Dalit Dom caste that has traditionally worked at Hindu cremation grounds. Deepak pursues an ...

As the waters of the Ganga river in Varanasi inundated the ghats, cremation of dead bodies is now being done in the lanes of the holy city. The cremation ground at Harishchandra Ghat and Manikarnika ...

In Varanasi, souls find solace in cremation ghats, liberated from rebirth. Nagar Vadhus dance at Manikarnika ghat to prevent reincarnation as sex workers, seeking an end to earthly sufferings from ...

Varanasi district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma has clarified that there is no ban on bringing bodies to the city for cremation and that cremations were taking place at Harishchandra and Manikarnika ...

Varanasi holds a great religious significance in Hinduism. It is said that those who die in the city attain salvation. The cremation ghats, such as Manikarnika Ghat and Harishchandra Ghat, hold ...

With the water level in the Ganga river rising steadily, normal activities on the ghats of Varanasi have been disrupted, including the 'aarti' ritual and cremations, officials said on Thursday. The ...

Lucknow: The Dom community of Varanasi that takes care of Hindu cremation rituals has announced that those demolishing or relocation temples will not be allowed to be cremated in Varanasi. A number of ...

This travel skateboarding video explores Varanasi, India, where one of the world's oldest and most spiritual cities becomes ...

Varanasi: The holy city of Varanasi has been forced to halt cremations along the banks of the sacred river Ganges as deadly floods from monsoon rains hit parts of the country. More than 100,000 people ...